Western Australia, the world’s largest lithium state has been
short listed as a location candidate for an innovative battery research
centre. The state already has plans for a “Lithium Valley”, but will now
have to develop a complete case to be considered by the Cooperative Research
Centre (CRC) Advisory Committee.
Tianqi Lithium, China’s largest lithium
producer has won a strategic court order allowing the Chinese producer to
become the second largest shareholder in South American lithium producer SQM.
SQM is the world’s second largest producer
of lithium, which originally raised concerns amongst Chilean regulators
regarding the Chinese competitor’s...
Altura Mining has hit a significant milestone, with the lithium developer loading its first shipment to China from Port Hedland.
The ship
will be delivered to Lionergy, containing 5000 tonnes of lithium oxide with a
grade of above 6 percent. Altura is already planning another shipment...
The Resources and Energy Quarterly contains the Office of the Chief Economist’s forecasts for the value, volume and price of Australia’s major resources and energy commodity exports. A ‘medium term’ (five year) outlook for Australia’s major resource and energy commodity exports is published...
Australian listed
Six Sigma Metals Ltd (ASX:SI6) has announced a high grade lithium intersection
at their Shamva Lithium project in Zimbabwe. The drilling was conducted at the
Bonnyvale prospect, which has now confirmed two high grade spodumene rich
zones.
Major
intersections of high-grade Li2O showed:
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Western
Australia’s lithium industry could be worth “hundreds of billions of dollars”,
according to the Department on Industry Chief Economist – Mark Cully. The
department recently released their quarterly report, which expects exports from
Australian Resources to reach $252 billion this financial year.
Although
the large export numbers are...
Centaur Resources, a small cap Australian Lithium explorer is planning
on floating an IPO for $15 million on the Australian Stock Exchange. The
company will primarily focus on lithium deposits, however will also consider
other battery metals such as Vanadium and Cobalt.
The
IPO, if fully subscribed,...
Kwinana based
construction group Simpec - have been awarded a contract extension worth
$1.8 million by MSP Engineering for work on the Talison Lithium’s CGP2 project
at the Greenbushes mine in Western Australia.
The total amount awarded
to Simpec thus far is $7.8 million, in which latest...
Tawana Resources have
obtained a $40 million financial backing agreement which is required to
maintain its future on the Australian Stock Exchange following a potential
merger with Alliance Mineral Assets. The deal was led by Tribeca
Investment Partners, who states that the cash injection would be used to
satisfy ASX requirements for the merger....
Perth based Lithium Australia
(ASX:LIT) is assessing a number of options to resize its SiLeach® pilot plant
in order to reduce overall capital expenditure.
Although the resizing will
require additional engineering requirements, Lithium Australia believe the
delay on the study will be negligible, with completion targeted for...
